Pilar M. Herr

About The Author

Pilar M. Herr is an associate professor of history and the coordinator for the Vira I. Heinz Program for Women in Global Leadership at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg.

Books by Pilar M. Herr

Contested Nation

The Mapuche, Bandits, and State Formation in Nineteenth-Century Chile

Throughout the colonial period the Spanish crown made numerous unsuccessful attempts to conquer Araucanía, Chile’s southern borderlands region. Contested Nation argues that with Chilean independence, Araucanía—because of its status as a separate nation-state—became essential to the territo...
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